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Quilters guild, library partner on National Quilt Project that fosters ‘ties of commonality’

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The Marathon Quilters Guild is partnering with the Hopkinton Public Library in the hopes of contributing to a national quilting project that kicks off this July.

The guild and the HPL are collaborating on the National Quilt Project. Starting in July and coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the project aims to “represent the rich mosaic” of the United States. Participants are asked to submit quilt squares to the project. A small selection will be laid out on the National Mall later this year, and the project will hold its final exhibition in 2030.

“It’s a grassroots textile art exhibition in response to … the heated or contentious atmosphere in our country,” said Nancy Burdick, member of the Marathon Quilters Guild and co-chair of its quilt show. “It’s looking for ways for people to find ties of commonality.”

Burdick stressed that the project is not limited to experienced quilters. “It can be for preschool kids, non-artists [or] senior citizens,” she explained.

The only requirements for submitting a square to the project are that it must be 18 inches by 18 inches with 8-inch ties on each corner. Burdick noted that the squares do not have to be an expression of protest, but rather anything participants want to submit as a representation of themselves.

Both the quilters guild and the HPL plan to facilitate collection of the squares and submit them to the National Quilt Project. Burdick said that the library will have a drop-off available for completed squares. The guild will collect items at its quilt show in April, show sample squares and provide informational flyers for attendees.

Burdick also hinted that the library may hold workshop sessions in the near future to guide participants in creating their own quilt squares.

As for why the Marathon Quilters Guild partnered up with the library for this project, Burdick pointed to the library’s resources and new CreatorSpace. “[HPL] will always be a place … where people can look for inspiration, a workshop or a drop-off space,” she said.

— NICK SCHOFIELD

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Photo of the Day

Individuals work to clear their driveways along Grove Street late Monday afternoon with the snowstorm ending.

PHOTO/JERRY SPAR